1923 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1923}}
Events from the year 1923 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
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- 13 July – Niels Hansen Jacobsen's Troll Fountain is inaugurated in Vejen.{{cite web|url=http://www.vejenkunstmuseum.dk/Dansk/troldespringvandet/en-trold-der-vejrer-kristenkod.htm|title=»En Trold, der vejrer Kristenkød« |language=da|website=Vejen Kunstmuseum|access-date=8 December 2017}}
- 26 September – Rued Langgaard's Symphony No. 6 is first performed in Denmark at the Odd Fellows Mansion, Copenhagen.{{cite web |last=Viinholt Nielsen|first=Bendt|date=November 2016|title=Langgaard SYMPHONY No 6|url=https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/wh32316_rlu_pod_symfoni_6_b4_samlet|website=issuu.com|pages=6–8|location= |publisher=Wise Music Classical|access-date=2 May 2025}}
Sports
=Undated=
- Frem wins their first Danish football championship by defeating Aarhus Gymnastikforening 2{{ndash}}1 in the final of the 1922–23 Danish National Football Tournament.
Births
- 2 January – Poul Volther, furniture designer (d. 2001)
- 2 March {{ndash}} Rasmus Nellemannm painter and graphic artist (died 2004)
- 9 May {{ndash}} Jørgen Rømer, painter (died 2007)
- 20 June – Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, actor (d. 1998)
- 3 August {{ndash}} Aage Larsen, rower (died 2016)
- 11 August {{ndash}} Ellen Winther, opera singer (died 2011)
- 6 October {{ndash}} Nanna Ditzel, designer (died 2005)
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 4 January {{ndash}} Anders Andersen-Lundby, painter (born 1841)
- 7 February – Kristine Marie Jensen, cookbook writer (b. 1858)
- 26 March – Olaf Poulsen, comedic stage actor (b. 1849)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 3 May – Carl Ryder, Arctic explorer and naval officer (b. 1858)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 13 July – Asger Hamerik, composer (b. 1843)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 27 November – Tage Reedtz-Thott, politician, prime minister of Denmark (b. 1839)
- 21 December – Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer, anthropologist (b. 1879)
References
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